Help! My teen Sim never goes to school!
First it was because it had just been his birthday, then it was because there were LOADS of 'snow days,' then were were those little public holiday things, like seasonal holidays, so he's only been to...
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Carl's Guide doesn't mention any grade requirement for going to University. The Sims 3 wiki just states grades will affect scholarships. As far as I can tell there are no actual entrance requirements. Worst case scenario seems to be that you pay full price and work for every credit. I could be wrong though. Maybe they just need a HS diploma.
http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/universitylife/enrolling-aptitudetest.php
http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sims_3:_University_Life#Description
I cloned a YA with an elixir. The clone had a high school diploma in his inventory, but his grades? I have no idea. He enrolled for 2 terms and just got a Communications degree. He didn't get much for scholarship money, but the family has over $2 mil so I didn't care. He also only got 6 units worth of credit towards his degree, but I assume that was because he had very little skills and no work experience. He graduated University with an A and is now working up the Video Game Developer career track. (I've also sent a simbot to University. I'd have to check but I assume he did not even have a HS diploma.)
Before the clone's 2nd term I had him take the aptitude test again and he got more credits towards other majors, but not Communications. I think that was because I didn't work on any of those skills between terms.
Anyways, when I have a difficult winter and lots of heavy snow interfering with school I just go into game options and turn off snow. That way the snow won't be heavy the next day and the kids can usually go to school. I also changed the seasons to be longer so the holidays aren't so regular. Lastly, I once lengthened the life stage of childhood by 3 days because I had kids who were looking at missing all school their entire childhood due to the weather (before I thought to turn of snow) and holidays. That might have been another option.
edit: if one of the parents has enough Lifetime points there's also a weather controller station that can make it sunny. The snow will melt in 4-6 hours. I've only used it once (I prefer keeping it winter but with no snow during weekdays).
I've never sent a child or teen to boarding school. Can't help you there, sorry. If I was in your shoes, I'd save the game under a new name (Save As) and just play until he ages to a YA, take the aptitude test and see what happens. If he can't go, you have your old save under your current save name you can load up and try to fix the boarding school issue.
http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/universitylife/enrolling-aptitudetest.php
http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sims_3:_University_Life#Description
I cloned a YA with an elixir. The clone had a high school diploma in his inventory, but his grades? I have no idea. He enrolled for 2 terms and just got a Communications degree. He didn't get much for scholarship money, but the family has over $2 mil so I didn't care. He also only got 6 units worth of credit towards his degree, but I assume that was because he had very little skills and no work experience. He graduated University with an A and is now working up the Video Game Developer career track. (I've also sent a simbot to University. I'd have to check but I assume he did not even have a HS diploma.)
Before the clone's 2nd term I had him take the aptitude test again and he got more credits towards other majors, but not Communications. I think that was because I didn't work on any of those skills between terms.
Anyways, when I have a difficult winter and lots of heavy snow interfering with school I just go into game options and turn off snow. That way the snow won't be heavy the next day and the kids can usually go to school. I also changed the seasons to be longer so the holidays aren't so regular. Lastly, I once lengthened the life stage of childhood by 3 days because I had kids who were looking at missing all school their entire childhood due to the weather (before I thought to turn of snow) and holidays. That might have been another option.
edit: if one of the parents has enough Lifetime points there's also a weather controller station that can make it sunny. The snow will melt in 4-6 hours. I've only used it once (I prefer keeping it winter but with no snow during weekdays).
I've never sent a child or teen to boarding school. Can't help you there, sorry. If I was in your shoes, I'd save the game under a new name (Save As) and just play until he ages to a YA, take the aptitude test and see what happens. If he can't go, you have your old save under your current save name you can load up and try to fix the boarding school issue.
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